Word 2007 Insert Time (Alt+Shift+T) - Disable AutoUpdate

[Bradley]

I created a logging file for recording my research. I press Alt+Shift+T then
tab over to record new information. I saved the work from my worksation and
transfered it to another computer (both running Office 2007 Enterprise). When
I open the file on my other computer all of the time fields are updated to
current time of day. How can I stop this from occurring? I have already
unchecked what seems to be all of the obvious boxes in Word's options window.

TIA

 

[Bradley]

That is to say, I would like for Office to not automatically update the field
when the document is opened (or ever, for that matter).

 

[Bradley]

Additional info:

I discovered that this only happens to the fields where I copied and pasted,
and subsequently right-clicked the field to "Update Field". Field's which I
inserted as new objects maintain their original information. I like copying
and pasting because I don't like macros, and I want to create these new
objects with special text formatting (bold and underlined) and sometimes the
text that I enter next to the date is very similar to previous entries (saves
my from retyping things).

At any rate, I now know two ways I can prevent this: insert a new time
object every time (rather than copy and paste) or create a macro (but I hate
macros), but I would still appreciate any help to be able to use my previous
method of data entry, without having the fields auto-update when the document
is re-opened.

THANKS!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

After using Alt+Shift+T to insert the time, press Ctrl+Shift+F9 to unlink
the field.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[grammatim]

The field you insert should contain the word CREATETIME instead of the
word TIME. (Leave everything else the same.) The next time you update,
you'll see the original time.

 

[Graham Mayor]

CREATETIME? I think you meant CREATEDATE with a time switch.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

But that won't help the OP because he's creating a log file with multiple
times in it.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Graham Mayor]

I appreciate that. I was merely addressing the field issue. Personally I
would insert the current time with a macro eg

Sub InsertTimeLowerCase()
With Selection
.InsertAfter Format(Time(), "h:mm" & Chr(160) & "am/pm") & Chr(32)
.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
End With
End Sub

http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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